A Counter-Strike 2 event has slapped a participant with a 10-year ban after he punched his opponent stay on-stage at an area German LAN.
30-year-old CS2 participant and streamer MAUschine, from Berlin, punched his opponent, Fabian “Spidergum” Salomon, in the course of the awards ceremony on the CAGGTUS Leipzig CS2 event, which shaped part of the biggest LAN get together within the German-speaking world.
MAUschine’s staff had misplaced to the Spidergum’s Legends Foyer in the course of the event. Based mostly on footage of the occasion, MAUschine seems to have been upset by Spidergum mimicking his personal victory calls. Within the video, beneath, Spidergum yells “papichulo” after successful a spherical. MAUschine had been yelling “papichulo,” his personal alias, after kills.
VIDEO Displaying his Reasoning behind the Punch 😭🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/VB6TwayOWA
— ClipGD (@ClipGD) (*2*)
The punch occured because the gamers took to the stage in the course of the awards portion yesterday, April 19. The clearly shocked host ultimately orders MAUschine off-stage, with Spidergum left bemused by what had occurred to him. The CS2 event in query, categorized as ‘Tier S,’ was a 5v5 that started on Friday, with first place taking a ‘Newbie LAN Seat 2027,’ second place a ‘bequiet Pure Rock Professional 3 LX,’ and third place a ‘free sizzling beverage flat price 2027.’
As reported by DotEsports, the event organizer, DACH CS Masters, issued a 10-year suspension whereas issuing the next assertion in German:
“We don’t tolerate bodily assaults towards different gamers at LAN and have acted accordingly. MAUschine is banned for not less than 10 years and the incident has moreover been reported to ESIC [Esports Integrity Commission]. In case it wasn’t clear, we predict violence has no place in our league.”
Regnum4games, the German esports group Spidergum is a member of, said it’s going to present Spidergum with authorized assist, and there already requires MAUschine to be banned for all times. Nonetheless, Spidergum himself appeared to minimize the incident, saying in a post on Twitter / X: “Bullseye from MAUschine, higher intention than with the AWP and particularly on stream.”
I think MAUschine will not be again subsequent 12 months to money in on that free sizzling beverage.
Picture Credit score: CAGGTUS 2026 / Twitch.
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